[quote:58566ece51="Zhen LI"]Do you have some poems or other easy ways?[/quote:58566ece51]
[quote:58566ece51="David King"]So sorry Zhen,
I don't have any at the moment. I think you may go to some other websites published in Chinese and find some poems or songs.[/quote:58566ece51]
Please let me know if the following is of any help.
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[size=18:58566ece51][b:58566ece51]Ode to the Twelve Heavenly Star Points of Ma Danyang[/b:58566ece51][/size:58566ece51]
Written by [b:58566ece51]Ma Danyang[/b:58566ece51] (1123-83), famous daoist physician, he is well known today for his poem (ode, song) about 11 acupuncture points. A century later, [b:58566ece51]Xu Feng[/b:58566ece51] (who is known for introducing the eight extraordinary meridians) added a 12th point and gave the ode the new name: [b:58566ece51][i:58566ece51]Song of the Twelve Points Shining Bright as the Starry Sky and Able to Heal All the Many Diseases[/i:58566ece51][/b:58566ece51]. This song was translated to English and published as an appendix to [b:58566ece51]The Golden Needle and Other Odes of Traditional Acupuncture[/b:58566ece51] by Richard Bertschinger in 1991.
The appearance of the original text for Zusanli:
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Here is the translated text of the entire song (the translation by Bertschinger with slight editing by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D.):
[size=17:58566ece51][b:58566ece51]Song of the Twelve Points Shining Bright as the Starry Sky and Able to Heal All the Many Diseases[/b:58566ece51][/size:58566ece51]
[b:58566ece51]Introduction[/b:58566ece51]
Put out your hand to Three Miles, Inner Courtyard, the Crooked Pond, and Joining Valleys.
Pair Middle Equilibrium with Receiving the Mountain, Supreme Rushing with Kunlun Mountains,
Jumping Circle accompanies the Yang Mound, Penetrating Within along with Narrow Defile.
With support use the rule of support; with severance, use the rule of severance.
All 360 holes do not escape these 12 strange charms; healing a disease is like magic:
A torrent whirling as wind-driven snow, the Northern Dipper sends down its true workings.
The Golden Lock teaches us to snap it open.
One truly clever can pass this on; the unfaithful have only restless talk.
[b:58566ece51]Zusanli, Three Miles, ST-36[/b:58566ece51]
Three Miles under the eye of the knee, three inches in between the two tendons.
One can reach into the center of a swollen belly.
It is splendid at healing a cold stomach, intestinal noises, and diarrhea.
A swollen leg, sore knee, or calf, an injury from the cold.
Weakness or emaciation and parasitic infestation of all sorts.
When your age has passed 30, needling and moxa applied at this point change your thinking.
To find it, look extremely carefully; three cones of moxa, eight fen in, and peace.
[b:58566ece51]Neiting, Inner Courtyard, ST-44[/b:58566ece51]
The Inner Courtyard outside the second toe, this point belongs to Foot Yangming.
It can heal a deathly chill in the hands and feet and is good for the hatred of voices.
Skin rashes and sore throat, continuous yawning and toothache.
Intermittent fevers without appetite, a needle here means true awakening.
[b:58566ece51]Quchi, Crooked Pond, LI-11[/b:58566ece51]
To find Crooked Pond, fold the hand to the chest, bend the elbow and seek the corner of the bone.
It is splendid at healing an aching elbow or an arm attacked so the hand cannot close.
When drawing back a bow is impossible, or the muscles so loose you cannot comb the head.
If the throat closes up suddenly and it seems fatal, when fevers are repeated and persistent.
Or for severe lesions over the whole body, immediately needling this point they improve.
[b:58566ece51]Hegu, Joining Valleys, LI-4[/b:58566ece51]
The Joining Valleys lie at the Tiger's Mouth, between two bones where thumb and finger fork.
A headache with a swollen face, malarial fevers, burning then cold.
Tooth decay or a nose bleed, lock jaw and unable to speak.
The needle enters five fen deep, the patient then immediately at peace.
[b:58566ece51]Weizhong, Equilibrium at the Middle, BL-40[/b:58566ece51]
Equilibrium at the Middle in the crook of the knee is on the horizontal crease within the pulse.
For lumbago when you cannot straighten up, especially when severe and leading up the back.
Aching muscles which cannot extend, rheumatism which returns irregularly.
A knee difficult to extend or bend, the needle goes in and immediately there is rest.
[b:58566ece51]Chengshan, Receiving the Mountain, BL-57[/b:58566ece51]
Receiving the Mountain named Fish's Belly, between the flesh where the bulk of the calf divides.
Is splendid at healing a severe back pain, hemorrhoids, or difficulties in the bowel.
Swollen ankles and swollen knees.
Repeated or continuous tremors or aches, sudden cramps and spasms.
A needle into this point brings peace.
[b:58566ece51]Taichong, Supreme Rushing, LV-3[/b:58566ece51]
Supreme Rushing on the big toe, in two inches behind the joint.
By its pulse you know there is life, it can cure sudden fits and convulsions.
The throat and breast swollen, both feet unable to walk.
All types of hernias: one-sided, bulging, drooping.
A cloudy mist in front of the eyes and, as well, aching in the waist.
Lowering the needle brings a magical result.
[b:58566ece51]Kunlun, Kunlun Mountain, BL-60[/b:58566ece51]
Kunlun Mountain, on the ankle, outside the foot, found on the upper edge of the heel-bone.
In spasms and pain in the tailbone.
Difficulty in breathing, fullness in the chest.
When unable to walk or even step out, or you move just once and immediately groan.
If you want to seek relief then at once needle this hole.
[b:58566ece51]Huantiao, Jumping Circle, GB-30[/b:58566ece51]
The Jumping Circle lies at the hip joint, found lying on the side with one leg bent.
A lower back that feels like it's broken.
Rheumatism aggravated by cold or damp.
Pain running down from thigh to calf, so to turn on the side brings a heavy sigh.
Some needles and moxa at this point and in a short while the illness vanishes.
[b:58566ece51]Yanglingquan, Yang Mound, GB-34[/b:58566ece51]
The Yang Mound lies beneath the knee, on the outer calf, one inch in.
For a swollen knee accompanied by numbness, rheumatic pains due to cold, one-sided.
When unable even to raise the foot, sitting or lying as someone old and weak.
A needle in six fen and it halts; something magical, mysterious, peerless.
[b:58566ece51]Tongli, Penetrating Within, HT-5[/b:58566ece51]
Penetrating Inside behind on the side of the wrist, one inch in from the wrist.
The point for stammerers and stutterers, distress, irritation, or palpitations.
With strong symptoms the limbs go heavy and the head, face, and cheeks turn red.
With weak symptoms there is lack of appetite, they stay quiet, without expression.
A fine needle, gently, gently in, and, believe me, a truly magical result.
[b:58566ece51]Lieque, Narrow Defile, LU-7[/b:58566ece51]
Narrow Defile is above, alongside the wrist, the first finger rests there as the hands cross.
It is splendid at healing migraine, or the whole body lifeless with wandering pains.
When phlegm incessantly blocks above or in lockjaw, when you cannot force open the teeth.
Understand how to tonify and disperse and they respond as if grasped by the hand.
[b:58566ece51]FULL CHINESE TEXT & ITALIAN TRANSLATION[/b:58566ece51]: http://www.gilbertogori.it/ode.htm
[b:58566ece51]ARTICLE [i:58566ece51]MA DANYANG'S TWELVE ACUPOINTS: Valuable Points for Acupuncturists to Know and Use[/i:58566ece51] by Dr. Subhuti Dharmananda [/b:58566ece51]: http://www.itmonline.org/arts/madanyang.htm
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